Caught Live + 5

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Caught Live + 5
Live album by The Moody Blues
Released	June 1977
Recorded	Live: 12 December 1969 Studio: 1967-1968
Genre	Progressive Rock
Length	75:32
Label	Threshold / Polydor
Producer	Tony Clarke
Professional reviews
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The Moody Blues chronology
This Is The Moody Blues (1974) Caught Live + 5 (1977) Octave (1978)

Caught Live + 5 is a 1977 Moody Blues double album consisting of a December 12, 1969 live show at the Royal Albert Hall and an album side of songs from the same time period that had not previously been released on an album. It is the only live album by the band from their classic era.

The band have expressed their dissatisfaction with their performance that night, citing drug use that impaired their abilities. Nevertheless, the concert showcases the band's versatility on different instruments, and their ability to perform complex material from their first four albums in a live setting. "Gypsy" is the only representative of the contemporary album To Our Children's Children's Children.

While Caught Live + 5 managed to reach #26 during its U.S. chart run, it missed the UK listings completely, the first time an anomaly such as this had occurred for The Moody Blues since their 1965 debut The Magnificent Moodies.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time)" (Justin Hayward) – 4:03
2. "The Sunset" (Mike Pinder) – 4:33
3. "Dr. Livingstone, I Presume" (Ray Thomas) – 3:23
4. "Never Comes the Day" (Hayward) – 5:39
5. "Peak Hour" (John Lodge) – 5:13
6. "Tuesday Afternoon" (Hayward) – 4:51
7. "Are You Sitting Comfortably?" (Hayward, Thomas) – 4:21
8. "The Dream" (Graeme Edge) – :58
9. "Have You Heard, Pt. 1" (Pinder) – 1:22
10. "The Voyage" (Pinder) – 3:37
11. "Have You Heard, Pt. 2" (Pinder) – 2:33
12. "Nights in White Satin" (Hayward) – 5:55
13. "Legend of a Mind" (Thomas) – 7:05
14. "Ride My See-Saw" (Lodge) – 4:28
15. "Gimme a Little Somethin'" (Lodge) – 3:13
16. "Please Think About It" (Pinder) – 3:41
17. "Long Summer Days" (Hayward) – 3:12
18. "King and Queen" (Hayward) – 3:52
19. "What Am I Doing Here?" (Hayward) – 3:33

v • d • e The Moody Blues Graeme Edge · Justin Hayward · John Lodge Denny Laine · Patrick Moraz · Mike Pinder · Ray Thomas · Clint Warwick Studio albums The Magnificent Moodies · Days of Future Passed · In Search of the Lost Chord · On the Threshold of a Dream · To Our Children's Children's Children · A Question of Balance · Every Good Boy Deserves Favour · Seventh Sojourn · Octave · Long Distance Voyager · The Present · The Other Side of Life · Sur la Mer · Keys of the Kingdom · Strange Times · December Live albums Caught Live + 5 · A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra · Hall of Fame · Lovely to See You: Live · Live at the BBC: 1967-1970 Compilations This Is The Moody Blues · Prelude · Greatest Hits · Time Traveller · The Best of the Moody Blues · Anthology · An Introduction to The Moody Blues